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Mikhail Shapiro’s official 1966 film of Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kiev are conducted by Konstantin Simeonov....
First in a series of four programmes, presented by Penny Gore, featuring music written for Shakespeare’s plays. A team of actors joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra for specially recorded scenes from Hamlet...
Michael Berkeley talks to David Pountney, Mark Elder and Edward Downes about Shostakovich’s opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
Radio broadcast. As part of the ‘Morning Edition’ news programme, presenter David Bower talks to conductor John Mauceri about his performance of Shostakovich’s 1964 score for Kozintsev’s HAMLET as "a...
The last episode in a series on works by Shostakovich which were influenced by Stalin’s rule. Peter Maniura presents a recording of the award-winning Royal Opera House production by Richard Jones. With...
Feature film based on a translation by Boris Pasternak and scored by Dmitri Shostakovich. Jüri Järvet is Lear. Kozintsev’s Lear ‘goes for the wide anle, depicting how the insanity of one man...brings...
Final concert in a week’s series of BBC Radio 3 ‘Afternoon Performances’ dedicated to showcasing music written for and inspired by the works of Shakespeare and other literary authors. The...
Shostakovitch’s ballet performed by the Moscow State Theatre Ballet. Choreography and scenario by Svetlana Voskresenskaia.
Radio broadcast. In this first of four Proms Saturday Matinee concerts, Petroc Trelawny introduces readings from Shakespeare, interspersed with music inspired by his plays performed by the Britten Sinfonia....
Ballet based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, choreographed and directed by Jean-Christophe Maillot to various pieces composed by Shostakovich. Directed for the screen by Louise Narboni. Before...
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